The more I collect the more storage I need. With the sawmill finished I now need a drying shed. I have two 20 foot storage containers for inventory as we call it, other peoples junk. When I moved them onto the property I was thinking ahead and placed them 24 feet apart, square to each other and level. The time has come to put a roof over them, multi function project. With a roof over the containers I'll be able to vent them and control moisture, have 24 x 20 open storage between them and an 8 foot extension on one end to put the saw mill. With the eaves I'll end up with a 22x52 foot steel roof.
Every good project starts out with a machine or at least repairs. Had to cut a few trees and dig out the stumps to make room for the saw mill extension. A couple of elm stumps did the back hoe swing in AGAIN. I built this backhoe some time ago, never did get it painted. Its weak link so to speak is the swing chain I used. A double acting cylinder pulls on two #60 double roller chains for the swing. The tensile strength of the chain far exceeds the hydraulic force but shock loads and leverage when the swing control is in neutral snap the chain. Its broken the connector link enough that it stretched the hole for the pins. Drilled the hole out over size to 1/2 welded it closed and redrilled.


The cylinder I made from two tie rod cylinders. Joined the rods on the piston and used two rod caps.



And here's Greg's Hoe Not pretty built it with a relatively short boom and dipper to get more breakout strength. Sacrificed reach for power.



And the culprit that did it in this time.



Building to follow if anyones interested.